18.4
CrateDB is a database for real-time analytics on live operational data.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
Best OLAP Databases in 2026
OLAP databases support analytical querying across data, and the entries here can be compared on how they handle workloads and infrastructure. Check for data lake querying, materialized views, query concurrency, and real-time ingestion, along with whether compute and storage are separate. Deployment model, free plan availability, and starting prices round out the listed comparison points. Exasol and CrateDB appear…
28.0
Exasol is a database for organizations running analytics and high-concurrency AI workloads.
Free planWebAPILinux
37.9
ClickHouse Cloud is a managed service for real-time analytics, observability, and AI-powered data applications.
Open sourceWebAPILinux
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PrestoDB
PrestoDB is a free, open-source distributed SQL query engine for querying large datasets across different data systems.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.7Free plan - 5
Apache Hive
Apache Hive is an open-source data warehouse system for working with large datasets through SQL.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.4Free plan - 6
Teradata VantageCloud
Teradata VantageCloud is Teradata’s managed cloud deployment for production AI, analytics, lakehouse, and agentic AI workloads.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.3$1.50 one-time - 7
Apache Druid
Apache Druid is an open-source database for real-time analysis of streaming and batch data.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.2Free plan - 8
QuestDB
QuestDB is a time-series database for environments where low latency matters.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.9Free plan - 9
Yellowbrick Data Warehouse
Yellowbrick Data Warehouse is a SQL data platform for data warehousing and application analytics.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.9From $0.28 a month - 10
Apache Kylin
Apache Kylin is an open-source OLAP engine for data analytics, designed for large-scale workloads and many concurrent queries.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.7Free plan - 11
DuckDB UI
DuckDB UI is a browser-based interface for working with a local DuckDB instance, added through the ui extension.
Free planWebExtensionLinuxmacOS6.7Free plan - 12
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift is a cloud data warehouse for SQL analytics across data warehouses and data lakes.
WebAPI6.6From $0.54 a month - 13
Greenplum Database
Greenplum Database is an open-source data warehouse based on PostgreSQL for large-scale analytics, including workloads involving machine learning and AI.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.6Free plan - 14
Snowflake Horizon Catalog
WebAPISelf-hosted6.5 - 15
Apache Pinot
Apache Pinot is an open-source distributed OLAP datastore for real-time analytics and user-facing workloads.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 16
Firebolt
Firebolt is an open-source analytical database for engineers that uses Postgres-compatible SQL.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 17
MonetDB
MonetDB is a free, self-hosted relational database designed mainly for analytics, data warehouses, and bulk processing such as business intelligence…
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 18
Trino
Trino is a distributed SQL query engine for analyzing large datasets across different data systems.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 19
Apache Impala
Apache Impala is an open-source analytic database for SQL queries on open data and table formats.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 20
StarRocks
StarRocks is a free, self-hosted analytical database for workloads such as multidimensional OLAP, ad hoc queries, and real-time, high-concurrency analytics.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 21
Apache Doris
Apache Doris is an open-source, real-time analytical database for analytics and AI, available under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.8 - 22
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB is a cloud analytics service with separate storage and compute, data lake support, streaming ingestion, and in-database machine learning.
Web5.5From $119 a month - 235.5$3.73 usage-based
- 245.4From $0.04 a month
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Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud service for combining data warehousing and big-data processing.
Web5.2